Curtain-fixture



(No Model.)

A. COLE.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 282,846. Patented Aug. '7, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,846, dated August7, 1883.

Application filed November 23, 1882. (No model.) -7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known. that I, AARONCOLE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Fillmore, in the county of Andrew and State of Missouri,have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ourtain-Fixtures5 and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full,

. clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being IO had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention in aperspective view. Figs.

I 5 2 and 3 are perspective detail views, showing a base-plate with aseries of bearings and one with single bearings. Figs. 4 and 5 areperspective detail views of the different bracketarms. Figs. 6, 7, 8,and 9 show sectional views of the invention.

This invention has relation to curtain-fixtures; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth,and particularly pointed out in the .2 5 appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the window casingor frame to which the fixtures are to be applied.

B indicates the base-plate of the bracket,

which is formed with one or more dovetail bearings, 0, these bearingsconsisting of laterally-arranged lugs D, having inclined inner walls.The inclination of the inner walls of these lugs is vertical as well aslateral, the

5 dovetail bearingtapering downward. Usually these base-plates areformed with a series of these bearings arranged vertically one aboveanother, to provide for a vertical adjustment of the curtain-roller.

E designates the arm of the bracket, the

lower portion of which is turned backward, and is made in dovetail formfrom front to rear and tapers downward, being designed to fit thebearing or bearings of the base-platehereinbefore described.

of brackets is usually providedwith a perfo ration, H, at ashortdistance from the journalaperture G, as indicated in the drawings.

The base-plates B are provided with countersunk perforations K for thepassage of screws,i

whereby said plates are secured-to the casing.

Instead of having aseries of dovetail bearings formed on one plate, aseries of plates may be arranged one above another, each plate having asingle bearing. This separate arrangement of the base-plates is oftenpreferable, as it enables the owner to regulate the intervals betweenthem to suit the adjustment of the curtain-roller desired by him. Thebracket-' justable bracket-arms the curtain and rolling,

shade will be carried together whenever an adjustment is made.

The roller R is provided with journals or journal-plates in the usualmanner, except that when a spring-roller is desired the j ournal at oneend of the roller is made of sufficient length to extend through aspring cap orbox, N, in which is coiled aspring, S, one end of which isattached to said cap or box, while its other end is secured to thejournal. A

stud, z, on the outside of the box N projects sufficiently to engagethe'perforation H of the arm of the bracket when the journal is seatedin the bearing-aperture G thereof. By this construction the spring isenabled to be un wound on the journal and the arm of the fixtureconnected to holdit in the unwound position before the arm is placed inposition in the bearing of the base-plate. When the spring is in theunwound position referred to, the curtain is rolled up. As the curtainis pulled down the spring is wound up, so that it acts automatically toraise the curtain when this is desired.

The arms E may be laterally turned from the end connection, F, if it isdesired to have \Vhen the upper sash is pulled down, the

roller an d curtain, with the arms of the bracket, I 00 are detachedfrom the upper bearings, O, and spring-box, the base-plate B of thecurtainare connected to bearings belowthe level of the upper edge ofsaid sash, thereby providing free passage for the wind above the sash,and at the same time removing the curtain to a position where it willnot be blown about.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A curtain-roller bracket consisting of a base-plate or base-plateshaving a vertical series of dovetail bearings, and a detachablebracket-arm, E, having its lower end turned backward, and of dovetailform to engage the dovetail bearings, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the spring and spring-box N and the journal ofthe curtainroller, of the stud z on the outside of the fixture, and thedetachable bracket-arm E, 20

having the bearing-aperture G for the journal, and the perforation H forthe stud of the spring-box, substantially as specified.

8. A curtain-roller bracket consisting of a base-plate having a seriesof bearings, B, an 2 5 ranged one above another, and a detachable.andvertically-adj ustable ar1n,E, having a 3' ournal-bearing, G, and aboss-headed stud, L, at its upper end, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have 30 hereunto subscribed myname in the'p'resence

